Brief Life History of Richard
When Richard Kirby Sr was born about 1694, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Recompense Kirby, was 52 and his mother, Rebecca Allen, was 27. He married Anne Cheshire on 21 April 1714, in Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 4 March 1740, in New Hanover Township, Burlington, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 47.
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- Family Data Collection - Births
- Richard Kirby, "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980"
- New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817
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1694
Historical Boundaries 1694: New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1776: New Jersey, United States
1723
Historical Boundaries: 1723: Burlington, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Burlington, New Jersey, United States
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern and eastern England called Kirby or Kirkby, from Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + bȳ ‘farmstead, village’.
Irish: adopted for Ó Garmhaic ‘descendant of Cíarmhac’, a personal name meaning ‘dark son’. Compare Kerwick .
Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Geirble ‘son of Geirble’, a personal name of uncertain origin. The name is preserved in the townland name of Carrowkeribly in County Mayo.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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